† meteoricaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Meteoric (meteoric adj. 3b); meteorological.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adjective]
meteorological1570
meteorical1649
weatherly1652
meteoric1806
the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [adjective]
meteorical1649
meteorous1667
meteoric1785
meteoritical1939
1649 W. Charleton tr. J. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes 32 Are we not to expect so much the harder winter, by how much the deeper cave of lodging the Frog hath scarped in the earth?.. For from this ground proceed the Meteoricall Auguries.
1651 Bp. J. Hall Susurrium cum Deo xii. 40 That meteoricall light, which appears in Moorish places.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 119 Thus far the Church admitteth of Meteorical Predictions, the barrennesses of years, and their fruitfulnesses,..Plagues, inundations [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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